nix3-config-show(1)

    Warning
    This program is experimental (../../contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-nix-command) and its interface is subject to change.

Name

nix config show - show the Lix configuration or the value of a specific setting

Synopsis

nix config show [option…] name

Options

•   --json (#opt-json) Produce output in JSON format, suitable for consumption by another program.

Logging-related options:

•   --debug (#opt-debug) Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.

•   --log-format (#opt-log-format) format Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar, bar-with-logs, multiline or multiline-with-logs.

•   --print-build-logs (#opt-print-build-logs) / -L Print full build logs on standard error.

•   --quiet (#opt-quiet) Decrease the logging verbosity level.

•   --verbose (#opt-verbose) / -v Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options:

•   --help (#opt-help) Show usage information.

•   --offline (#opt-offline) Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.

•   --option (#opt-option) name value Set the Lix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).

•   --refresh (#opt-refresh) Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

•   --version (#opt-version) Show version information.

    Note

    See man nix.conf (../../command-ref/conf-file.md#command-line-flags) for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.